From Divorce and Burnout to Business Growth: Nervous System Regulation Saved Me

“Running a business that requires showing up on social media makes me want to curl up in a ball tucked in a blanket and never want to come out 🙈.”
– Fritz, 2022.

Three years later, I’m still showing up.

And while previously “successful” businesses are considering closing down, I’m quietly laying the bricks for something I’ll be launching in 2027.

This isn’t luck. It’s strategy. It’s nervous system capacity.

Walking the Talk: Why Regulation Comes First

One of the most important standards in my company is walking the talk. The exact nervous system regulation skills I used during one of the hardest chapters of my life (divorce, selling a house, being sick from c*vid, and grieving family deaths) are the same ones I teach to my 3100+ nervous system students and private clients.

In 2022, I made a choice most entrepreneurs avoid: I stayed present with every ache in my chest, lump in my throat, and churning in my gut. Instead of numbing or bypassing, I expanded my nervous system’s capacity to hold it all.

That decision changed everything.

Why a Bulletproof Nervous System is The Missing Key

I was trained in the high-stakes environment of the ER. In that world, collapse isn’t an option. You adapt or people die. That same principle applies to business: your nervous system has to adapt to rapid change without breaking down.

That’s why I prioritized regulation from the beginning.

They say the most stressful life events are divorce, moving, and death. I experienced all three within months in 2022

• while building a business I had no idea how to run

• while being misunderstood and ostracized by people I used to care about

• while failing in public (back when my reach was much higher too)

And yet, I didn’t quit.

From Breaking Point to Breakthrough

This past July, I faced the biggest life stressor since 2022.

And still, my business didn’t crumble. Clients referred me. Students got results. My company continued to grow.

Today, I’m the most secure, muscular, athletic, graceful, and connected with myself I’ve ever been. That isn’t by accident. It’s from years of reps in regulation, from refusing to bypass discomfort, and from being the stubborn, relentless b*tch I used to be ashamed of.

Turns out, that’s my gift. My superpower.

The Bottom Line: Regulation Wins

Entrepreneurship will test you with grief, uncertainty, betrayal, and failure. But if your nervous system is trained to adapt, nothing can take you out of the game.

Others may shut down. I’m still here. Still building. Still showing up.

Because ain’t nothing gonna bring me down 💪🏻.